Winning Time and Hearts. An NBA Romance Story

Bracketology: Let the Madness Truly Begin

(Before we begin I know some people are gone be confused as to how Madelyn is in college, as by this point she's 17.... I just found this found out myself after working those calculations.... let's just say she graduated early or whatever. Besides she dropped out anyhow, and we'll get to that in a future chapter)

Karl-Anthony: NOOOOOOO!

Christian: And that's another bag, click on, yick 'em up and we're headin' straight to DA CASA!

On a rare off day from practices and fresh off of winning the SEC Tournament, Christian Travis found himself doing three things to pass the time while the Kentucky basketball team healed from their various nick-ups over the course regular season. Splitting time between playing Madden NFL 14, studying for a number of final exams and getting many shots up to prepare for the NCAA Tournament. Of course it would do the mentals some good to not consistently worry or be paranoid about hooping but... the South Carolina born and Los Angeles raised Christian Travis would be the first to tell you... he couldn't help but be nervous about the next few months.... of course there was the aforementioned tournament, and it was a foregone conclusion his undefeated Wildcats would be one of four number one seeds heading in, of course it helped when you were the hunter and not the hunted. There was of course the NBA Playoffs which his own father would be in with his new team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, having been traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Cleveland Cavaliers just before the trade deadline ended. Then of course, there would be the long-winding process of preparing for the Draft and its combine process. It was inevitable but thanks strong team and individual play, the odds on favorite to land the National Player of the Year was more than a lock to be drafted within the top five of the 2015 Draft with teams such as Denver, Sacramento, the Lakers, Milwaukee, and Minnesota all vying for the currently projected third overall pick. But what good would do that someone if they were constantly worrying.

Karl-Anthony: Dude I swear you're such a fucking cheat every time when you use Carolina!

Devin: No, you're just ass KAT. There's a big difference, you can't blow a 17 point lead and then say he's cheating.

Christian: Exactly! You're the one who keeps spamming Four Verticals against my Cover 3, I was bound to get you eventually, cope and seethe.

RINNNNNNNNNNNNGGG!

Christian: Christian Travis, speaking.

Madelyn: Hey there, sport!

Christian: Maddy, hey! What's happening?

His best friend, Madelyn had been doing her daily check-in with the freshman student-athlete, as they rattled off all of the events that had occurred since their last conversation a number of weeks ago, all the meanwhile his fellow NBA bound prospects looked on, laughing and snickering at the reaction he gave when answering the phone.

Madelyn: I never got the chance to congratulate you on winning that tournament you were part of. I watched all of the games and I wanted to go to the final game. But prior meetings bogged me down.

Christian: Hey, it's all good, Maddy. Seriously, you're trying to carve out your ideal and legendary career and I'm trying to do the same, you're not at fault, I completely understand.

Madelyn: So what happens now? I know the bigger tournament is happening but how do they even go about that?

Christian: Well... we've already qualified for the tournament so it's really not difficult to figure what seed we're going to be. It's the region that's the tricky part. It's Midwest, South, East and West and then all other the teams who did well or were great and lost their conference championship receive the at-large bids. Then all that make it in are then chosen based on record, notable wins or upsets in addition to their strength of schedule. That's about the basis from what I know watching previous tournament brackets being revealed. Why, are you planning filling out a bracket or ten?